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February 16, 2017|Swann News|Prints & Drawings

A Menagerie in 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings

We have already covered the prevalence of cats in art, but our upcoming March 2 sale of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings boasts an irresistible menagerie of friends…

February 27, 2016 | 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings

Prints with Paws: Cats in 19th-Century French Art

Before Grumpy Cat and Lil Bub took the internet by storm, another group of cats rose to fame in the French art world. Based on their prints, 19th-century artists were…

February 17, 2016 | 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings

Prints with Paws: Cats in 19th-Century French Art

Before Grumpy Cat and Lil Bub took the internet by storm, another group of cats rose to fame in the French art world. Based on their prints, nineteenth century artists…

October 29, 2015 | 19th & 20th Century Literature

Mysterious as a Cat: Famous Felines in Literature

There seems to be a special relationship between writers and cats, whether it be Ernest Hemingway and the multitudes of 6-toed fuzzballs haunting his Key West estate, or Raymond Chandler,…

May 21, 2014 | American Art

Sense of Play: Will Barnet’s Nude with Cats

Lot 232, Barnet’s watercolor and oil, Play, differs from the later print. Among the highlights of our June 12 auction of American Art–and the image that graces the catalogue…

April 24, 2014 | Art Press & Illustrated Books

Collectors on Collecting: Sam Speigel on Collecting Edward Gorey

On May 7, Swann will auction The Edward Gorey Collection of Samuel Speigel, and the catalogue for that sale opens with this charming recollection from Speigel himself: Lot 241: The…

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A Menagerie in 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings

Prints with Paws: Cats in 19th-Century French Art

Prints with Paws: Cats in 19th-Century French Art

Mysterious as a Cat: Famous Felines in Literature

Sense of Play: Will Barnet’s Nude with Cats

Collectors on Collecting: Sam Speigel on Collecting Edward Gorey

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